Puerto Rico (983)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#BF0000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="1948_49_issues.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="194849 Issues"><IMG SRC="0af1e140.png" border=0 width="30" height="20" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="joel_chandler_harris_980.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joel Chandler Harris (980)"><IMG SRC="0b0280e0.png" border=0 width="40" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="annapolis_tercentenary_984.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annapolis Tercentenary (984)"><IMG SRC="0b1280e0.png" border=0 width="40" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="30"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>W. G. Crosby FDC Catalog</I></FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> back to  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="1948_49_issues.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="194849 Issues"><B>1948-49 Issues</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ae07040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Puerto Rico (983)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1949 was the final year that Crosby FDCs appeared.  Emma Crosby, Walter's widow, had kept up the business since Walter's death in September 1947.  While cachets were created for  all of the stamps through the end of 1948, only two stamps issued in 1949 have known Crosby cachets.  The first is this cachet for the Puerto Rico stamp and the cachet makes no mention of the stamp rather it is a general fleet cachet featuring the USS San Juan.</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="854" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2d2320be0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1 (M#35) in green.  USS San Juan photo.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="joel_chandler_harris_980.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joel Chandler Harris (980)"><B>Prior Page</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="annapolis_tercentenary_984.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annapolis Tercentenary (984)"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>